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“In Tibet you would send a letter and not expect a reply for six months. Now if people send an email and don’t get a reply in 30 seconds they get angry.” – Tai Situ
How long can you go without checking your email? If you find a juicy bit of [...]

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“Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals.” – Shantideva
Stress. Tight throat, saw jaw, headaches and an uneasy stomach. It is everywhere you look and in everyone you know. Some people experience mild cases of it whilst others need to spend half their Wednesday in a [...]

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Parties and social gatherings are a part of life. They are intended to be happy occasions where friends and colleagues get together to catch up and unwind. However, there are a lot of people out there who hate going to parties because they experience high level of anxiety. I used to [...]

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Every now and then life throws us in the deep end and tells us to swim. We find ourselves in overwhelming situations that we don’t know how to deal with. It might be the death of a loved one, a personal illness or a case of serious depression. In this post I [...]

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If you have ever had a panic attack you will know how bad they are. Your heart rate goes up, you feel like throwing up and you just want to figure out a way to calm down. It is terrible and it often feels like there is no solution.
A few years [...]